On a recent trip to Barcelona, my family and I walked through the corridors of the Gothic Quarter at night looking for a restaurant we had found online that had veggie paella. Meandering through the lamp-lit cobble streets, I recalled some of the same shops I had been to years before, recalling to my kids […]

For people who know Caitriona Douglas, it came as no surprise that she decided to pursue research that does fine-grained analysis of conversations.  “I grew up in a bilingual environment and had childhood speech and language disorders,” Douglas recalls. “For me, a major turning point was getting more involved in music and drama, where I […]

Anthony Barrows has had a long-time interest in using a multidisciplinary lens to explore complex systems. It seemed only natural that when presented with an opportunity to use computational tools he was developing to study one of the most complex human systems – the brain – he was eager to jump in.  “A colleague was […]

Picture yourself at work or doing a hobby that requires a lot of concentration, like playing an instrument. Inevitably, someone or something will interrupt your focus – a cell phone buzzing, a person coming in to chat, the lure of the beautiful summer weather outside your window. Holding your attention for extended periods of time […]

CNS 2026 guest post by Taryn Green and Frederik Bergmann (CNSTA) Perhaps now more than in previous years, as career opportunities seem to grow thinner especially with recent funding cuts to U.S. federal research, PhD students and postdocs face pressing decisions about next steps, career development, and sustaining momentum. At the same time, maintaining work-life […]

CNS 2026 guest post by Mohith (Mo) M. Varma Sitting through the four talks at the “Mapping Emotions in the Brain” symposium at the CNS 2026 annual meeting, I couldn’t shake the feeling I was watching the scientific equivalent of Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 masterpiece where four witnesses give different accounts of the same pivotal […]

We are excited to announce a new CNS mentorship program. The purpose: For junior researchers, this program offers an opportunity to expand your mentoring network beyond a single advisor and seek guidance on various topics. For faculty and senior researchers, this is a chance to support the next generation of cognitive neuroscientists, contribute to a more […]

The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) is now the official journal of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society! We are excited to announce a number of new intitiatives. With the formal transfer of JoCN to CNS now complete, we are in the process of forming a Publications Committee that will oversee editorial policy at JoCN and the […]

We closed out CNS 2026 in Vancouver with another excellent poster session, followed by a whopping 6 more symposia, including on the how the brain creates language, with insights from genes, neural pathways, neuroprosthetics, and computational models. Check out some highlights the posts below. #CNS2026 It’s been an unforgettable four days in Vancouver, and we have […]